Greeley News and National Briefs From the Week
Reports include coal discovery near Greeley, two local shooting club notes, and obits of James S. Stokes in Omaha. Updates cover city election talk, heavy snow in Colorado Springs, a silk worm eggs shipment, California earthquakes, and a push for public notices and court martial updates. Also mentions improvements to the Leader and Masonic lodge officer elections in Laramie City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Stokes
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Swindler on Train Preys on Emigrant with Bogus Gift
Passengers aboard a Sidney bound overland train rallied to aid a robbed immigrant whose earnings were stolen. A dressed in black stranger offered a further 250 and demanded the original 250 back, then vanished at San Francisco. The tale ends with a bank exam revealing no fault in the note. Deputy Sheriff Joe Arnold pursued fugitive Henderson after a hold up at Greeley as he recaptured Tenderson.
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Sidney
Frisco
Denver
Joe Arnold
Greeley
Joe
Nebraska
Peter Tenderson
Charles Rivers
Arnold
Denver Pacific
Cheyenne
Henderson
Marriage of Hurlbut and Miss Whitehead in Cheyenne
A Cheyenne wedding unites Walter S. Hurlbut and Arabelle Whitehead with a large ceremony. Attendees include Gov. Hoyt and many notable locals. The couple depart by afternoon train for Chicago and eastern cities after a festive reception and abundant presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
C H. Cherry
B. Hellman
R. F. Glover
A. St
Converse
G. N. Russell
EE. C. David
J. M.carey
James W. Hammond
C. N. Potter
J. W. Kingman
William Gutterman
M. C. Barkwell
J. W. Hoyt
Miller
W. W. Crook
G. W. Corey
L. B. Joseph
Central City
Col
R. F E. Glover
Judge Whitehead
W. J. Kuykendall
D. W. Barkalow
Ella Whitehead
John Harrington
T. Sturgis
John B. Thomas
C. O. Tillotson
J. R. Whitehead
H. Conway
W. K. Kuykendall
Ralph French
Mr. Worthington
Goldschmidt
Gutterman
2B. Hellman
Marks & Myers
TI. W. Holt
Deadwood News Roundup on Water, Weddings and Crime
Local chatter notes a slow water question in Deadwood, upcoming holiday weddings, and thin newspapers. Reports touch on Rev White’s installation in Longmont, Miss Reifforths in Denver theatre, and Evans ton Argus move to Lar ame City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
White
Congregational
Longmont
Reifforths
Denver
Sentinel
Evanston
Larame City
A. McIntire
Lake City
Washington Territory
Hurlbut and Whitehead Wedding Card Issued
Cheyenne society has buzzed over upcoming nuptials of a well known couple. A formal invitation card sent to prominent citizens confirmed the romance and the marriage plans, ending doubts about the rumored match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Masonic Grand Hop and Banquet in Sidney Nebraska
An invitation to a Christmas night grand hop and banquet in Sidney Nebraska under Frank Welch lodge A D A F and A M. Committee includes Oscar Sharpless esq. Invitation printed neatly at the Sidney Telegraph office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Frank Welch Lodge
A. M
Oscar Sharpless
Sidney Telegraph Office
Military Matts and Army Officers Visit Washington
Maj. Atwood of the United States army, stationed in San Antonio, wed in St. Louis this week to Richard King’s daughter. The cattle king provided the groom with 8,000 head of cattle. Various officers are visiting Washington, with multiple leave actions and assignments noted. Lieut. J. Burns seeks extension, Wood bound for Fort Vancouver, and Gen. Ploward attached staff. Frank Green, arrested in Denver for robberies, is acquitted due to lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Atwood
United States Army
San Antonio
St. Louis
Richard King
West
Frank Green
Denver
Nye
Laramie City
Sentinel
Cheyenne
Green
Railroad changes and penitentiary reforms draw public attention
The Union Pacific buys Gilmer & Salisbury stage line linking Ogden to Helena as eastern capitalists gain control of Utah routes. U S R R will take over Colorado Central on Jan 1 1879 with Omaha as head office. Also reported are rail earnings for Chicago & Northwestern and details on the Wyoming penitentiary including brick contracts and inmate labor. An accident at a city school leaves a boy with a bean lodged in his head and doctors plan further treatment today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
J. W. Boerstadt
Ottumwa
Iowa
Nebraska City
Wisconsin
Michigan
Omaha
Rip van Winkle
Black Skills Central
Rochford
Dakota
H. Bosworth
Maine
Sherman
Union Pacific
Alert Hose Company
L. Cowan
Wyoming
Leaper
Colummns
San Francisco
Postmaster General
Deadwood
Sidney
Coe & Carter
E. P. Snow
Laramie City
Frank Greene
Barley
JX Company
Ninth Infantry
Anderson
Fort McKinney
Sanders
Brewer
Maj
Powell
Webster
Howland
Scott
Fourth Infantry
Afghanistan
John A. Campbell
John M. Thayer
Thayer
John W. Hoyt
Indianapolis
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Gilmer & Salisbury
Ogden and
Montana
Helena
Utah
Colorado Central Railroad
U. P
Loveland
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Burlington & Missouri River Road
Horton Drawing Room
Colorado Central Road
Pullman
Barney & Smith Manufacturing Company
Dayton
Ohio
Wyoming Penitentiary
United States
Marshal Schnitger
W. H. Holliday
A. J. House
Peter Kruger
Turmkey
T. A. Boice
Providence
William Harris
Peter McKay
Sixteenth Street
Luxurious 50 Foot Passenger Car Described with Comfort Features
The article details a standard broad gauge car fifty feet long divided into three rooms an outer ladies dressing room a gents dressing and smoking room at each end and a central thirty six foot lounge with reclining chairs. It features Brussels carpet spittoons comfortable seats adjustable layouts and an automatic air brake with broad fenced platforms.
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Weekly Leader
Chayenne Weekly Leader
Fort Keogh
Capts? Sanderson
Eleventh Infantry
Mix
Second Cavalry
Pease and Casey
Fifth Infantry
Casey
Praprer
The
Missouri
Wong
Rama
Ogden
Cheyenne, Wyoming
W. 5
Hurlbut
Arabelle Whitehead
W. L
Kuykendall
Walter S. Iurlbut
Seventeenth Street
Orahood
F. &. Addams
Lna EB. Bates
J. W. French
Jervis
E. W
H. H. Hurlbut
Hh. F. Roberts
Whittier
Dela L. Stanley
Moore
D. C. Rhodes
Florence Hurlbut
FF. B. Hurlbut
L. Murrin
C. F. Annett
Miss Pratt
M. J. Post
Central Pacific Railroad
Humboldt
Ellis T. Tursey
Leadville
Harvard
Mexico
Frank Jones
N. Q. Forrester
Opera House
Jones
Hurlbut — Whitehead
Washington
C. C. Rawn
Seventh Infantry
BR. C. van Vieit
S. Y. Leyburn
Tenth Infantry
M. D. L. Simpson
U.S. A
Wm. V. Wolfe
Second Infantry
Joseph G. Tilford
Seventh Cavalry
B.D. Baldwin
MacKenzie
Geo. F. Cooke
Fifteenth Infantry
W.B. Royall
M. C. Wessells
Laredo
Texas
CU. A. Dempsey
Alexandria
UO. H. Wright
Ninth Cavalry
Ojo, Caliente, N. M
Lieut
T. T. Knox
First Cavalry
Jeff. C. Davis
Twenty-third Infantry
Department of the Missouri
Col. Alex, Chambers
Twenty-first Infantry
Fort Townsend
Wm. Krause
Third Infantry
Department of Dakota
Lieut. C. Howland
J. M. Burns
Seventeenth Infantry
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